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Being-able
المؤلف:
Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham
المصدر:
Dictionary of Semiotics
الجزء والصفحة:
P29
2025-05-14
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The modal structure of being-able governs utterances both of doing and of state.
1- Utterances of doing: being-able-to-do. Examples: 'He was unable to contain his anger'; 'You can refuse to come; there is nothing to stop you'; 'We could not decipher your handwriting'; The children were unable to swim in the lake'; 'I shall certainly be able to come to the party'.
This modal structure can be mapped onto the following semiotic square
In the canonical narrative schema the acquisition of a being-able-to do is a key component of the stage of competence: without possessing this modality of being-able-to-do, the subject cannot proceed to the next stage of the quest, that is, the decisive test or performance.
2- Utterances of state: being-able-to-be. Examples: 'He was sure that one day he could be happy'; The money could not have been there'; 'I might be wrong but I don't think so'; 'He must be poor'.
This modal structure can be mapped onto the following semiotic square:
See also canonical narrative schema and modalization.
قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر مجموعة قصصية بعنوان (قلوب بلا مأوى)
قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر مجموعة قصصية بعنوان (قلوب بلا مأوى)
قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر كتاب (سر الرضا) ضمن سلسلة (نمط الحياة)
